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| Telecom Amnesty Foes On the Move                                   |
|   from the one-week-and-counting dept.                             |
|   posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 01, @08:02 (Democrats)         |
|   http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/01/0315206 |
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[0]ya really notes a blog posting up at Wired reporting that foes of the
Telecom Amnesty Bill have [1]mounted a campaign on [2]Barack Obama’s own
website. Though the group was created only days ago, on June 25, it has
grown to be the fifth largest among 7,000 such groups, just short of
Women for Obama. Although it is widely known that Obama [3]changed his
stance from opposing telecom immunity to supporting it, many have not
given up hope of getting him to switch once again. Meanwhile,
left-leaning bloggers and libertarian activists have joined forces to
[4]raise $325,000 in the fight against the legislation. “Their Blue
America PAC is already targeting House Democrats who voted for the bill,
including placing a full-page ad in the Washington Post [an image appears
in the Wired story] slamming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who
claimed credit for creating the so-called compromise bill. The coalition
plans to follow-up with a Ron Paul-style money bomb, which will be used
to target key Senators…”

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Links:
0. mailto:yareally [Email address: yareally #AT# hush.com - replace #AT# with @ ]
1. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/telecom-amnes-1.html
2. http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/SenatorObama-PleaseVoteAgainstFISA
3. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/obama-supports.html
4. http://www.actblue.com/page/fisa